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- Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1927 - Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- circa 1927
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Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1927
Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Will Rogers in Ford Flivver #1 Airplane, 1927 - Popular humorist Will Rogers posed in a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a "Model T for the sky," a simple and affordable aircraft that anyone could fly. Rogers, along with aviator Wiley Post, died in an unrelated airplane crash in Alaska in 1935.
- 1927
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Will Rogers in Ford Flivver #1 Airplane, 1927
Popular humorist Will Rogers posed in a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a "Model T for the sky," a simple and affordable aircraft that anyone could fly. Rogers, along with aviator Wiley Post, died in an unrelated airplane crash in Alaska in 1935.
- Margaret Love and Kenneth Schwartz with 1928 Ford "Flivver" Monoplane, 1953 - Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. A few prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after test pilot Harry Brooks was killed in a Flivver crash in 1928. One of the remaining prototypes went to Ford's museum.
- 1953
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Margaret Love and Kenneth Schwartz with 1928 Ford "Flivver" Monoplane, 1953
Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. A few prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after test pilot Harry Brooks was killed in a Flivver crash in 1928. One of the remaining prototypes went to Ford's museum.
- Harry Brooks with Ford Flivver Airplane #3 at Ford Airport, December 1927 - Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- December 14, 1927
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Harry Brooks with Ford Flivver Airplane #3 at Ford Airport, December 1927
Test pilot Harry Brooks posed with a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1925 - Test pilot Harry Brooks waved from a Ford Flivver airplane circa 1925. The Flivver was Henry Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- circa 1925
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Harry Brooks in Ford Flivver Airplane, circa 1925
Test pilot Harry Brooks waved from a Ford Flivver airplane circa 1925. The Flivver was Henry Ford's attempt to create a small, affordable airplane that almost anyone could fly -- a Model T for the sky. Three or four prototypes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after Brooks died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Will Rogers in Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1927 - Popular humorist Will Rogers posed in a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a "Model T for the sky," a simple and affordable aircraft that anyone could fly. Rogers, along with aviator Wiley Post, died in an unrelated airplane crash in Alaska in 1935.
- 1927
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Will Rogers in Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1927
Popular humorist Will Rogers posed in a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a "Model T for the sky," a simple and affordable aircraft that anyone could fly. Rogers, along with aviator Wiley Post, died in an unrelated airplane crash in Alaska in 1935.
- Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1926 - Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. Three or four prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after his test pilot, Harry Brooks, died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- 1926
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Ford Flivver Airplane #1, 1926
Just as he put the world on wheels with the Model T, Henry Ford hoped to give it wings with a small, affordable airplane. Three or four prototype Flivver planes were built, but Ford abandoned the project after his test pilot, Harry Brooks, died in a Flivver crash near Melbourne, Florida, in 1928.
- Ford Flivver Airplane #1 at Ford Airport, April 12, 1927 - This is Ford's Flivver #1, a quick, highly maneuverable plane that created a media buzz when it was demonstrated at the 1926 Ford Reliability Tour. The press called the single-seat plane the "Model T of the air," but it was purely experimental. Ford would never mass produce the Flivver.
- April 12, 1927
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Ford Flivver Airplane #1 at Ford Airport, April 12, 1927
This is Ford's Flivver #1, a quick, highly maneuverable plane that created a media buzz when it was demonstrated at the 1926 Ford Reliability Tour. The press called the single-seat plane the "Model T of the air," but it was purely experimental. Ford would never mass produce the Flivver.
- Charles Lindbergh in Ford Flivver Airplane #1 at Ford Airport, August 1927 - Following his pioneering solo transatlantic flight of May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh toured the United States with his airplane, the <em>Spirit of St. Louis</em>. He visited Detroit on August 10-12, 1927. While at Ford Airport in nearby Dearborn, Lindbergh flew one of Henry Ford's experimental Flivver airplanes.
- 10 August 1927-12 August 1927
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Charles Lindbergh in Ford Flivver Airplane #1 at Ford Airport, August 1927
Following his pioneering solo transatlantic flight of May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh toured the United States with his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. He visited Detroit on August 10-12, 1927. While at Ford Airport in nearby Dearborn, Lindbergh flew one of Henry Ford's experimental Flivver airplanes.